Resume

• 2009

  Visual Design / Letterform

  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

  Visual Communication Design

• 2006

  Associate of Science (AS)

  Graphic Arts Technology

  Phi Theta Kappa

  Springfield Technical Community College

  Developing Interactive E-Learning

  Friesen

  Kaye and Associates

• Video Editing

  Digital Photography

  Adobe Creative Suite

  Corporate Branding

  Social Media

  Data Visualization

  Logo Design

  Color Management

  Web Design

  Digital Printing

  User Interface Design

  Typography

  Web Development

  Business Process Improvement

  Video Production

  Wide Format Printing

  Responsive Web Design

  Print Design

  Knowledge Management

  Graphic Design

  Tassone

  Nicholas

  Tassone

  Applied Light

  LLC.

  W.S. Sign-Design Corporation

  Springfield Technical Community College

  MassMutual

  MFS Investment Management

  Springfield

  MA

  Course: Digital Illustration | Weekly: two lectures with one 3-hour lab component\n• Second year students\n• Design foundations \n• Design process and conceptualization \n• Adobe Illustrator detailed hands-on training and technical skill refinement\n• Photo realistic digital illustration\n• Art and design history\n• Creative lab projects and tutorials\n• Portfolio building\n\nCourse: Introduction to Multimedia | Weekly: two lectures with one 3-hour lab component\n• First year students\n• Design foundations \n• Adobe Photoshop detailed hands-on training and technical skill refinement\n• Mac OS training / skill building\n• Microsoft Office training / skill building\n• Designing and building presentations\n• Creative lab projects and tutorials

  Professor - Design & Teleproduction

  Springfield Technical Community College

  Boston

  MA

  Global Marketing & Global Presentation Services\n• Actively shaping the evolution of the new MFS brand\n• Adapting key marketing and sales materials to new brand standards\n• Conceptualize and design engaging infographics and data visualizations \n• Contribute new content (icons

  charts

  templates

  etc.) to the team’s visual asset libraries\n• Consult with developers to uphold brand standards and to design alternative solutions for issues that arise during the automation development\n• Collaborate with product owners

  project managers

  and editorial partners in an Agile workflow to determine requirements

  collect feedback

  and secure approvals to meet sprint deadlines

  Graphic Designer

  MFS Investment Management

  Springfield

  MA

  Design Role:\n• Dedicated design resource within IT department\n• Design internal promotional materials for digital signage

  desk drops and posters marketing IT services\n• Design & maintain roadmaps and presentation materials for IT support management\n• Design web banners for our internal web presence on our Sharepoint portal\n• Redesign the support team's knowledge base portal and articles to be more user friendly\n\nIT Support Role:\n• Remote troubleshooting on Windows and Mac devices\n• Created detailed and precise records of user interactions in our ticketing system\n• Maintained and contributed detailed troubleshooting tutorials in the knowledgebase\n• Troubleshoot Microsoft Office products

  including 365

  Exchange

  Sharepoint

  Skype\n• Unlock accounts / reset passwords in Active Directory\n• Support and troubleshoot VDI environments

  Citrix applications and VMware software\n• Setup and troubleshoot encryption (Securedoc and Bitlocker)\n• Deploy and fix mobile encryption on Android and iOS (MobileIron & native)\n• Support VPN

  dual factor authentication tokens (RSA) and single sign-on (OKTA)

  Graphic Designer (IT Support Hybrid Role)

  MassMutual

  Springfield

  MA

  Graphic Designer

  W.S. Sign-Design Corporation

  West Springfield

  Massachusetts

  Lead Graphic Designer

  W.S. Sign-Design Corporation

  Holyoke

  MA

  Production Artist

  Applied Light

  LLC.

  Springfield

  MA

  Strategic Communications & IT Learning and Performance\n• Principal designer on team in support of internal IT services

  strategic and learning initiatives\n• Designed and managed unique branding associated with different strategic campaigns\n• Produced marketing materials and signage for 1500+ person corporate events\n• Coded and designed interactive microsites on Microsoft Sharepoint\n• Captured and edited creative video content and photographs that enhanced story telling\n• Consulted directly with the CIO and senior leaders to visualize corporate strategies (presentations

  infographics

  data visualization

  roadmaps

  dashboards

  strategy booklets

  etc)\n• Collaborated with product owners

  project managers

  account managers

  and continuous improvement specialists in an Agile workflow to determine requirements

  collect feedback

  and secure approvals to meet sprint deadlines

  Lead Graphic & Digital Designer

  MassMutual

  Portuguese

  English

  Appliance Interface Design - Interactive

  Student Work · Web Sites & Electronic Media

  American Graphic Design & Advertising 27